If you thought that making a round cake was boring, well this is not so.
In fact, with a round base one can experiment so much more and chisel out various interesting shapes, or even create interesting decorations. No wonder, most bakers prefer to take orders for a round cake, rather than square, rectangular or heart, amongst the other choices people come up with.
In fact, popularly, wedding cake decorating is on a round cake base, with tiers put up on each other. With pillars separating each tier one can add in sugar-crafted flowers on each. And the coating is pure white icing. Yes, the vintage wedding cake, is nonetheless also the evergreen choice of all couples, for their wedding day.
Even when it comes to baby shower cake decorating, there is always a lot more that can be done on the round cake surface. Apart from the flower dominated decorations to the teddy bears, baby faces and baskets, they all stand out on this shape. In fact, according to expert cake decorators, the round cake is a more compact canvas in which there is little scope for empty spaces, unlike other shapes.
Well another advantage, is that usually the square and rectangular shapes appear rather flat. Whereas a round cake seems thicker. Well, while some argue that it depends on the number of layers, the old school of popular thought believes a high rise round cake is far more fulfilling even to the palate as compared to other shapes.
Where round cake designing ideas are concerned, there is ample scope for experimenting and innovativeness. So, apart from what one is taught at classes, and baking schools, one can find a lot more newer designs published in books and magazines. And also, one can also be imaginative in creating something different.